LEVON TER-PETROSYAN MEETS U.S. AMBASSADOR
Tuesday,
July
15
First Armenian President, leader of Armenian National Congress (HAK)
Party Levon Ter-Petrosyan met today with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia
John Heffern. The meeting took place at the American ambassador’s
initiative, the press service of HAK said.
At the request of J. Heffern, Levon Ter-Petrosyan spoke about the
internal political situation in Armenia, systemic corruption, human
rights violations, emigration from the country, and the tradition
of constant electoral fraud, which he said are the main challenges
facing Armenia.
The first president of Armenia also touched upon cooperation of the
four non-government political forces, in particular the 12 demands
they presented to the Armenian authorities, and their further actions.
Issues related to regional cooperation and security, particularly
the Karabakh conflict settlement, were also discussed at the meeting.
The first secretary of the embassy Christopher Anderson, deputy
chairman of HAK Levon Zurabyan and HAK board member Avetis Avagyan
participated in the meeting.
TODAY, 19:36
Aysor.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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